Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known only as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the indie rock band The Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 May 1959
CityDavyhulme, England
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Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison.
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As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters.
point reach
There has to reach a point where you've said enough.
work
I swim when I can but I don't work out.
I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet.
reference
Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths.
intended music pop
I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.
You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.
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There's no such thing as good news in America.
death
Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.
slightly
I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.
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The paradox is that I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.
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British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.
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With the issue of immigration, it's very difficult because, although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England, the more the British identity disappears.